Gov. Jay Inslee’s administration plans to add 50 beds in the next two weeks for mentally ill patients who a court said can no longer be detained in emergency rooms while waiting for treatment at overcrowded state facilities.

The Aug. 5 vote favored Republicans who narrowly control the Senate. Their coalition majority has blocked Democratic Gov. Jay Inslee’s hopes for taxes for education, a transportation package and environmental measures the GOP sees as costly or harmful to jobs.

Democratic candidates who are key to their party’s quest to take over the state Senate were trailing in west Pierce County, Federal Way and elsewhere as returns from Tuesday’s primary election started rolling in.